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Joint Replacements: Obesity

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 9 January 2026UIN 102757

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ban the blanket use of body mass index thresholds as a means of determining eligibility for joint replacement surgery.

Answered by Karin Smyth

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Rushcliffe on 20 November 2025 to Question 89688.

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